A moral and ethical question for theists

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The stories in the OT sound very bizarre to me, and were written thousands of years ago when writing style could very possibly be different. So it would make sense to believe they are not historically accurate. Especially the story of Genesis, of which there is evidence that proves it's impossible it could have happened literally as it is written.

So, writing style and evidence to the contrary, but mostly writing style. Seems a strange litmus test of truthfulness to me.

Hmm, if writing style is an issue then Richard Carrier holds that the NT is written in exactly the style you would expect from mythmaking/storytelling, rather than reporting history. Not a good sign for expecting facts out of it.

This is one of the most interesting videos about the bible I've ever watched.

http://youtu.be/mwUZOZN-9dc